Sony Xperia E1 Dual Review: a loud whimper for your buck

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Sony has been making a comeback of sorts. A couple of years back, they were struggling to match the competition in price and were never on par in specifications but things started to change last year, when the company rebooted the brand and design with fresh new phones, like the recent and much loved Xperia Z1 Compact. While it has amplified at the higher end with flagships like the Z2, the effect has now reached the lower end spectrum of the market. The Xperia E1 Dual is Sony’s latest jab at the entry level smartphone which replaces the good old Tipo Dual. Priced at less than 10,000 rupees, this Sony smartphone aims to satisfy the needs of a market that always wants more for less. Armed with music focused features, can the Xperia E1 dual stand out from the crowd? Lets find out in our review.

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Lenovo Vibe Z Review

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Lenovo Vibe Z, the Chinese company’s flagship smartphone, was launched in India for a price of 35,999 a while back. The phone, also know by its codename K910, is the successor to Lenovo’s K900, the flagship from last year. We had reviewed the K900 and found it to be a really good flagship at that point in time, and it’s not surprising that the Vibe Z is modeled off the same. With improvements on the outside in terms of design and build and on the inside in terms of internals, is the Vibe Z Lenovo’s best offering yet? How does it compare to the newer breed of flagships from other companies? Here is our detailed review of the Lenovo Vibe Z aka K910 to answer those questions.

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Motorola Moto X Review

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After the successful Moto G launch, Motorola launched the Moto X in India last month. This was announced even before the Moto X soon after Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx. Moto X has a slightly larger display with 720p HD resolution, similar to the Moto G, but this has a AMOLED display instead of LCD. The Moto X has a more powerful dual-core Snapdragon Krait processor and a better camera. It is definitely better than the Moto G in all the aspects, but is it better than other smartphones in similar range? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Review”

Dell Venue 8 Review

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Dell introduced Venue 7 and Venue 8 Android tablets powered by a dual-core Intel Atom Clover Trail+ processors along with the Venue 8 and Venue 11 Pro Windows 8.1 tablets powered by quad-core Intel Atom Bay Trail processor last year. Both the Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets were launched in India earlier this year. We had already reviewed the Venue 8 Pro Windows Tablet even before it launched in India. Here we have the Dell Venue 8, an 8-inch Android tablet from Dell. The design is completely different compared to the Venue 8 Pro Windows tablet. Is it worth the price? Can it compete with other tablets in the similar range? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Dell Venue 8 Review”

Nokia X Review : This is Not the Droid You’re Looking for

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Nokia and Android has been a pipedream that geeks and avid smartphone users have held out for years now. That we’d actually see one in 2014 at the cusp of the Nokia – Microsoft merger is not something we’d expected in our wildest dreams. That said, the phone was announced alongside two other devices ie the Nokia X+ and XL at MWC last month and is now available in retail. We brought your our first impressions of this AOSP running device from the show floor and here’s the complete low down on the Nokia X. Continue reading “Nokia X Review : This is Not the Droid You’re Looking for”

RAVPower Wireless Charger Review

Wireless charging still hasn’t become main stream, yet there are number of devices that support Wireless charging mainly through Qi inductive wireless charging. Some of the top phones that support wireless charging are Google Nexus 4, Google Nexus 5, Nokia Lumia 920 and a few others. Other phones have an option of getting a wireless charging case. Though the phones are less in number, the number of wireless charger options are quite a few and today, we have one among them – RAVPower Wireless Charger.

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Gionee Elife E7 Review: Best in class

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The Elife E7 is Gionee’s first flagship smartphone that is aimed at the premium high end segment of the market. The device is powered by the powerful Snapdragon 800 processor and sports a seemingly good 16 MP camera, which brings it closer to the likes of other flagships like Nexus 5 and the even the S5 to an extent, but offers a price advantage making it one of the best VFM products out there. But can a newer brand like Gionee instill confidence in the high end consumer, with its hardware and software package? Lets find out in our Gionee Elife E7 Review.

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Micromax Canvas Knight Review

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Micromax launched the Canvas Knight A350 as the successor to last year’s Canvas Turbo A250. Even though this features the same 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), the Canvas Knight is powered by a more powerful 2GHz octa-core processor, features a 16-megapixel rear camera and also has a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Is this better than the Canvas Turbo ? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight Review”

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2013) Review

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Amazon launched a refreshed version of the Kindle Paperwhite in India last month starting at Rs. 10,999, about eight months after the Kindle Paperwhite launched in the country. We got hold of the 3G version of the new Paperwhite. Is the second-generation Kindle Paperwhite better than the first one? Is it worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2013) Review”

Nomad ChargeKey is a keychain-sized micro USB cable for smartphones

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NOMAD, a company based in San Francisco started crowd funding for ChargeKey, a super-small micro USB cable for Android and lightning cable for iPhone last year on Indiegogo, and exceeded more than three times its goal. It began shipping in December, and the also started selling it on their website recently. The company first launched ChargeCard, a credit card sized iPhone Lightning Cable or micro USB cable on Kickstarter, that exceeded their goal by 300%. We got to check out the micro USB version of the ChargeKey, suitable for Android or other mobile devices with a micro USB port. Continue reading “Nomad ChargeKey is a keychain-sized micro USB cable for smartphones”

iberry Auxus Nuclea N2 Review

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iberry launched the Auxus Nuclea N2 smartphone, successor of the Nuclea N1 back in January. The Nuclea N2 is one of the first smartphones to launch in India with an octa-core processor and a full HD display. We had already seen quite a few phablets with full HD screens last year, but most had a quad-core MediaTek MT6589T chip. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the photo gallery of the device. Is the iberry Auxus Nuclea N2 better than other phablets ? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “iberry Auxus Nuclea N2 Review”

Xolo Q1100 Review

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Xolo launched the Q1100, its first Snapdragon 400-powered smartphone last month at a price tag of Rs. 14,999. It comes under the Q CORE series and has a 5-inch HD display, similar to the Q1000 and the Q1000S. It goes head to head with the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2, that is also powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and also lies in a similar price range of the Moto G. Is the Xolo Q1100 worth the price ? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Xolo Q1100 Review”

Creative Aurvana Live! 2 Headphones Review

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Creative is quite well-known for its Audio Gear products across world and is now gearing up again to be a prime player in the Indian Market. Creative recently announced the Creative Aurvana Live! 2 in Global market as well in Indian market as the successor to highly acclaimed Aurvana Live!. Creative launched this flagship wired headphones in India for at MRP of Rs. 12,999. Fortunately we have received the opportunity to experience these flagship Head-Phones for a good time. Continue reading “Creative Aurvana Live! 2 Headphones Review”

Apple iPad Mini with Retina Display Review

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Apple had introduced the original iPad Mini without the RETINA display and that pretty much confirmed that the second generation of Apple iPad Mini would come with the RETINA display. As expected, Apple crammed a high resolution display(same resolution as the iPad Air) into the second generation iPad Mini which Apple calls – iPad Mini with Retina Display. In addition to sporting a high resolution display, the iPad Mini competes with Apple’s iPad Air in terms of specifications. Apple is using the same processing power inside each of its flagship iOS device – iPhone 5s, iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display.

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Huawei Ascend G700 Review

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Huawei Ascend G700 is one among the sea of mid-range Android smartphones that you can buy for around Rs. 15,000. There are more similarities between the other mid-range droids and Ascend G700 than the differences between them. Huawei Ascend G700 doesn’t fight for the crown in the mid-range battle and doesn’t settle to be a pawn. It fights a mid-range battle that it is involved in.

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